Regarding his head coach calling him out, saying he needs to play better, Manresa said, “I think he’s right. Our team is so dependent on our guards, especially Chris (Anderson) and Johnny (Dee).

“Sometimes we just rely on them too much. The bigs, myself included, we have to do a better job getting open on the block. We’ve got to give ourselves a presence so defenses can’t just focus on (the guards).”

His players feeling pressure to score, Grier said many of them are forcing things.

“Actually what concerns me is I feel we reverted all the way to (November) where we didn’t screen (and) didn’t deal with pressure very well.

“We just dribbled around, tried to force plays, tried to force shots. We’re just not talented enough to do that.

“You have to have elite level talent to play like that and we don’t. We have to do a better job of staying with what our plan is, screening and moving the ball. We’re not doing a very good job of that.”